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New ion engine - test success (ten times more efficient than previous engine)
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| 1/11/2006
| Roberto Franisco
Posted on 01/10/2007 9:09:13 PM PST by saganite
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To: saganite
And we're not really that motivated in terms of space exploration at the moment.
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posted on
01/11/2007 12:28:39 AM PST
by
MinorityRepublican
(Everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL)
To: MinorityRepublican
What! You don't believe in the President's Moon/Mars initiative? Shame on you.
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posted on
01/11/2007 12:31:29 AM PST
by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
To: saganite
What! You don't believe in the President's Moon/Mars initiative? Shame on you.Does it really matter? The President barely has two years left and let's say he's distracted at the moment.
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posted on
01/11/2007 12:49:40 AM PST
by
MinorityRepublican
(Everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL)
To: MinorityRepublican
But-but, it's a long term commitment any future president would surely honor.
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posted on
01/11/2007 12:52:05 AM PST
by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
To: saganite
OK wisenheimer's, who wrote a book about the Moties, as in mote in God's eye? I started reading it years ago but lost the book, and I'm not even certain thats the correct title. Anyone?
Bueller?
Thanks
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posted on
01/11/2007 1:56:07 AM PST
by
investigateworld
(Abortion stops a beating heart)
To: investigateworld
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posted on
01/11/2007 2:00:46 AM PST
by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
To: investigateworld
Crap! Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Looked it up on google which I should have done before I shot off my mouth in the previous post.
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posted on
01/11/2007 2:05:24 AM PST
by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
To: saganite
Merci!
(Duly impressed too. And the title?)
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posted on
01/11/2007 2:05:26 AM PST
by
investigateworld
(Abortion stops a beating heart)
To: investigateworld
The Mote in God's Eye. Good book and one of my favorites but it's been years and years since i read any scifi.
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posted on
01/11/2007 2:07:44 AM PST
by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
To: saganite
Nevin has a free E-book, kind of a fun read, "Fallen Angels", it's what I would imagine the world would be like if the characters from Democrat Underground ran things.
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posted on
01/11/2007 2:11:46 AM PST
by
investigateworld
(Abortion stops a beating heart)
To: Uriah_lost
I'm waiting for ram-scoops anyway before I get excited. I'm cautiously excited about the latest news from the inventer of the ram-scoop, Robert Bussard. He has proposed a smaller, cheaper, faster fusion technology that fuses Boron-11 to protons resulting in just energy and Helium. For those who want more details he has a 90 minute video presentation. Although I respect Bussard, I don't claim to know enough physics to be able to validate his claims. I doubt we'd run out of Boron any time soon. 80% of it is the desired isotope. The current largest producers are Turkey, which has the largest known reserves, and the US.
To: investigateworld
Even better, the comedy "Idiocracy" - what the U.S. would be like if DU ran things long enough. Actually, it's pretty realistic - the movie shows moron voters have elected a bodybuilder/wrestler president of the U.S. California has already reached this stage of "Idiocracy".
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posted on
01/11/2007 7:57:04 AM PST
by
Howard Jarvis Admirer
(Howard Jarvis, the foe of the tax collector and friend of the California homeowner)
To: JohnBovenmyer
Saw this on another thread here. It's total horse hockey.
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posted on
01/11/2007 9:41:12 AM PST
by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
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